St Pete Day 2 , P3, Qualifying Thread

[Hoop-98]

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Still getting used to the list of drivers, I like it. I imagine we will see who's been saving tires etc now that Qualifying is coming up.

rh

[Hoop-98]

Groups:

Practice and Session 1 qualifying groups as chosen by random draw:
Group 1
No. 25 Marty Roth
No. 17 Ryan Hunter-Reay
No. 19 Mario Moraes
No. 06 Graham Rahal
No. 20 Ed Carpenter
No. 27 Hideki Mutoh
No. 34 Franck Perera
No. 7 Danica Patrick
No. 11 Tony Kanaan
No. 36 Enrique Bernoldi
No. 14 Darren Manning
No. 8 Will Power
No. 23 Townsend Bell
Group 2
No. 10 Dan Wheldon
No. 26 Marco Andretti
No. 2 A.J. Foyt IV
No. 33 Ernesto Viso
No. 9 Scott Dixon
No. 15 Buddy Rice
No. 3 Helio Castroneves
No. 6 Ryan Briscoe
No. 5 Oriol Servia
No. 18 Bruno Junqueira
No. 4 Vitor Meira
No. 02 Justin Wilson
No. 24 Jay Howard

rh

[NickFalzone]

group 2 much stronger than group 1.

[Hoop-98]

Good show for our transitioners :)

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rh

[Hoop-98]

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rh

[Hoop-98]

Power puts downa killer lap, .35 ahead of P2, Power, Briscoe, Wilson, kanaan, RHR, Servia

[Hoop-98]

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rh

[Hoop-98]

This should be the line up, great job guys.

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rh

[Lousada]

I never thought the Champcar teams would be so good! Very competitive, 18 cars within a second!! Thumbs up for Ryan Hunter-Reay in his single car team sixth.

[SarahFan]

wilson and power p2 and p3..


that is impressive

[Hoop-98]

Bruno had a great lap too but went off and lost it.

rh

[bblocker68]

Power and Wilson P2 and P3 with Power having fast lap of the weekend!!!

Awesome job guys!!!

[bblocker68]

Live video and scoring was nice. You guys need to get in on that.

I hope we'll see Knockout Qually on TV soon.

[DazzlaF1]

I never thought the Champcar teams would be so good! Very competitive, 18 cars within a second!! Thumbs up for Ryan Hunter-Reay in his single car team sixth.

To make it better, 24 cars all within 2 seconds of each other, thats fantastic.

Looks like its gonna be the road courses where we'll see the closest racing this season

[BobGarage]

To make it better, 24 cars all within 2 seconds of each other, thats fantastic.

would have actually been 25 but bruno spun in the closing laps of the first session and lost his fastest time.

[ChicagocrewIRL]

Do you think the ex-CCWS guys are having fun now ???? :)

[F1boat]

Yeah, definetly. Shows why merger was necessary. it is a lot more fun now.

[CARTDM15]

Live video and scoring was nice. You guys need to get in on that.

I hope we'll see Knockout Qually on TV soon.
Yeah its great to have for road & street races but its not worth it for the ovals.Oval qualifying is the most boring thing ever.

Why don't they buy time on Speed to show qualifying and practice like F1.Don't do it for ovals thats not needed.

[bblocker68]

I'm hoping it'll be available on DirecTV soon :)

Time for the new sponsor to truly SPONSOR the series, right??

[45 Below]

Yeah, definetly. Shows why merger was necessary. it is a lot more fun now.

Absolutely. It's great to see such a big field and with several drivers/teams in with a realistic chance of taking it out. Gone are the days of taking your pick between Ganassi, Penske and Andretti Green drivers for the win.

Also, I wonder how keen the carry-over ICS teams will be to share their Dallara set-ups from here on in?

Can't wait until the so-called "transition teams" get up to speed on the ovals as well.

[Cart750hp]

Do you think the ex-CCWS guys are having fun now ???? :)

Most of them are ex-CCWS guys. Look at the top 11, all came from CC.

To answer you question: Hell yeah!

[Civic]

Was there an altercation at St. Pete? I was at a nightclub and the TV was on ESPN and I saw a shoving match between Mikey Andretti and someone else. They then showed footage of a Target car.

Was wondering if it was from St. Pete or if it was stock footage to hype up the event.

[ozrevhead]

Yay to both Will and Ryan B - should be a good one